Lesson Plan: Class 4 - Fall 2017

What will students be able to do by the end of Lesson 4?

Students will understand the importance of taking constructive criticism in order to make changes and improvements to their design work.

Learning Plan: Facilitating the Activity

After watching the clip about giving design feedback, students will gather around and take a look at the work of their peers. Students will use design terminology to make their comments, and they will be encouraged to give both positive and negative feedback.

Key Terms

• Negative space
• Margins
• Bleeds
• Crop marks

D: Main Activity: List Steps

After the critique, each student will spend the remainder of the class making the necessary changes to their designs. By the end of the class, students will complete their flyer designs.

Resources

• Birthday party designs: https://www.paperlesspost.com/cards/category/kids-birthday-invitations
• Flikr Creative Commons: https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
• PhotoPin: http://photopin.com/
• FreeImages: http://www.freeimages.com/
• NYPL Public Domain images: https://www.nypl.org/research/collections/digital-collections/public-domain
• Unsplash free photos: https://unsplash.com/
• Pixabay free images: https://pixabay.com/
• Free clip art: http://all-free-download.com/free-vector/vector-clip-art/

Design Reference Resources

• http://www.historygraphicdesign.com/

E: De-brief: List Questions